In retaliation for the lynching (execution without due process) of four Blackwater security Guards (soldiers of fortune), United States Marines (private mercenaries) lay siege, and begin a bombardment of Fallujah, Iraq, with depleted uranium and white phosphors artillery shells.  DU is the uranium-238 by-product of its separation from weapons grade uranium-235.  White Phosphorus when heated to the temperatures of a fired artillery shell will cause instantaneous combustion in almost anything it hits—including human flesh.

       [restored 12/23/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.